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A horrific vehicle crash involving a pickup truck and tour van killed seven people and injured eight others.
The crash occurred on a highway leading to Yellowstone National Park.
7 are dead after a terrible crash Thursday between a tour van & pickup near Yellowstone NP (Henry’s Lake, ID)
14 were in the van, 1 in the pickup. The truck driver died.
Cause is under investigation. pic.twitter.com/CVkBUljcWy— Josh Helmuth KRDO13 (@Jhelmuth) May 2, 2025
Breaking: Tragic Crash near #HenrysLake, Idaho
7 people are dead after a fiery collision between a tour van and pickup on U.S. Hwy 20. Both vehicles caught fire. 6 tour passengers and the truck driver were killed.
Identities not yet released. #Idaho #Yellowstone pic.twitter.com/T347PP34j9
— Homskyra (@homskyra) May 2, 2025
Per CNN:
The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday on US Highway 20 near Henrys Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, police said in a news release. The state park is roughly 16 miles west of Yellowstone National Park.
Police have not said what exactly caused the wreck, but the Dodge Ram truck was traveling west while the Mercedes van was traveling east toward Yellowstone when it happened. Video from the scene showed clear weather conditions at the time.
Both vehicles caught fire, police said. The driver of the pickup and six people inside the Mercedes passenger van died. The truck driver was identified Friday as Isaih Moreno, 25, of Humble, Texas. Identifying the others will take some time, according to police.
The van was carrying a tour group of 14 people, and the surviving occupants were taken to hospitals with injuries, police spokesperson Aaron Snell said.
Two were flown to an Idaho Falls hospital and one was flown to a Bozeman, Montana, hospital, according to police. Their conditions were not released. The others were taken to area hospitals with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, police said.
One driver of deadly Yellowstone Park crash identified, 6 other victims burned beyond recognition https://t.co/VVWRuAqV6a pic.twitter.com/c89RXL10hJ
— New York Post (@nypost) May 3, 2025
7 dead after pickup and tour van collide near Yellowstone National Park, police say https://t.co/03bUwtjisc pic.twitter.com/PcGfB8Lghk
— The Independent (@Independent) May 2, 2025
Daily Mail reports:
One man travelling on the highway, Roger Merrill, 60, filmed the scene and recalled to Associated Press the horror he witnessed.
He told the outlet he often saw tourist vans travel on the roadway leading to the national park and described it as ‘a very dangerous highway because it leads to the main entrance of Yellowstone National Park.’
‘It’s extremely busy,’ he said, as he was concerned that the scene’s remote location would keep emergency services from responding in time.
‘It took an unnervingly long time for help to arrive just because of the location,’ he said.
Merrill videoed the scene as flames whipped in the wind and smoke poured from the fire.
Following the crash, two people were witnessed pulling ‘as many as they could’ from the wreck. The pair successfully rescued eight people, including a child, before the van erupted into flames.
A police spokesman, Aaron Snell, told The Detroit News that the surviving occupants were taken to hospital for their injuries.
One of the seven victims was identified as Isaiah Moreno, 25, who had been driving the tour van.
The other six victims were left unrecognizable, requiring DNA testing to identify them, Fremont County Coroner Brenda Dye told the New York Times.